Readers Offer Their Own Wisdom
On School, Work -- and the Future

We are ringing in the New Year with a little help from our readers, who have their own words of wisdom to offer about going back to school, working during the holidays and the year 2001.

In response to our column about going back to school in midcareer ("Putting Career on Hold to Find New Course," Dec. 16, 2001), Bill Christner Jr. of St. Paul, Minn., wrote that he owned a home and had a healthy savings account when he decided to leave a stable job with four weeks' paid vacation.